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Most Popular Schools for Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to apply the theory and principles of guidance and counseling to the provision of support for the personal, social, educational, and vocational development of students, and the organizing of guidance services within elementary, middle and secondary educational institutions. Includes instruction in legal and professional requirements, therapeutic counselor intervention, vocational counseling, and related sociological and psychological foundations.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Lamar University 338 6% $22,641
2 Liberty University 232 1% $40,075
3 Capella University 210 2% $15,011
4 Angelo State University 172 10% $21,046
5 University of Missouri-Columbia 163 2% $26,766
6 National University 154 3% $15,024
7 University of West Alabama 134 12% $21,841
8 Alfred University 131 18% $45,104
9 California State University-Fresno 124 2% $21,418
10 University of the Cumberlands 116 5% $38,400
11 New York University 115 1% $73,566
12 University of La Verne 113 5% $61,696
13 California State University-Northridge 113 1% $22,969
14 Northern Arizona University 110 1% $27,266
15 Clemson University 108 2% $31,270
16 California State University-Los Angeles 107 2% $26,139
17 University of St Thomas 93 10% $47,646
18 Regent University 88 5% $29,763
19 San Diego State University 88 1% $29,318
20 California State University-Long Beach 84 1% $24,738
21 Long Island University 83 2% $56,283
22 University of West Georgia 83 3% $24,396
23 Missouri Baptist University 83 10% $41,185
24 California State University-Sacramento 78 1% $26,454
25 Montclair State University 76 1% $31,704
26 University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 71 2% $29,357
27 Wilmington University 71 1% $13,010
28 Wake Forest University 70 3% $71,638
29 Oregon State University 69 1% $26,892
30 Kean University 69 2% $30,475
31 DePaul University 67 1% $57,678
32 Loyola Marymount University 67 3% $67,369
33 University of North Texas 65 1% $24,712
34 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 65 1% $27,074
35 University of Missouri-St Louis 64 2% $24,894
36 Florida State University 62 1% $22,168
37 Monmouth University 61 3% $56,979
38 Marshall University 60 2% $21,969
39 University of Central Florida 60 0% $22,548
40 Central Connecticut State University 60 2% $25,869
41 Seattle Pacific University 58 4% $58,794
42 Central Michigan University 58 1% $24,889
43 University of Louisville 57 1% $27,980
44 University of Central Arkansas 56 2% $22,563
45 Mercy College 55 2% $38,200
46 Saint Mary's College of California 55 5% $67,168
47 University of Colorado Colorado Springs 54 2% $25,843
48 New Mexico Highlands University 54 6% $19,134
49 California State University-Fullerton 54 0% $27,738
50 The College of New Jersey 53 3% $34,992
51 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 53 1% $24,035
52 California State University-East Bay 52 1% $25,143
53 Louisiana Tech University 51 3% $21,267
54 Loyola University Maryland 51 3% $66,200
55 Arizona State University-Tempe 51 0% $28,048
56 Cleveland State University 50 1% $29,045
57 University of the Southwest 50 18% $27,626
58 University of Nebraska at Kearney 50 4% $23,040
59 Georgia State University 50 1% $26,014
60 New Jersey City University 49 3% $32,076
61 Harding University 49 4% $30,671
62 George Mason University 49 1% $30,284
63 University of Redlands 49 3% $68,922
64 Texas A&M University-San Antonio 49 3% $26,076
65 Providence College 48 4% $67,300
66 Old Dominion University 47 1% $26,456
67 CUNY Brooklyn College 47 1% $8,604
68 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus 46 2% $7,520
69 Youngstown State University 46 2% $22,851
70 Wayne State University 45 1% $27,157
71 Portland State University 45 1% $26,085
72 University of Nebraska at Omaha 45 1% $22,300
73 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 45 1% $23,694
74 Cambridge College 45 6% $17,088
75 CUNY Hunter College 44 1% $22,379
76 The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 44 1% $20,471
77 Gonzaga University 44 2% $59,795
78 The College of New Rochelle 43 5% $55,694
79 University of Montevallo 43 6% $26,290
80 California Lutheran University 43 4% $61,599
81 Fort Hays State University 42 1% $18,048
82 Southern Connecticut State University 42 2% $26,810
83 Concordia University-Wisconsin 41 3% $44,850
84 California State University-San Bernardino 40 1% $23,878
85 Eastern Kentucky University 39 1% $23,706
86 University of Memphis 39 1% $25,423
87 Florida International University 39 0% $23,506
88 Bridgewater State University 38 1% $26,811
89 University of Southern Maine 38 2% $22,968
90 Texas A & M University-Commerce 38 1% $22,983
91 Citadel Military College of South Carolina 37 4% $29,663
92 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater 37 1% $19,062
93 Kansas State University 37 1% $24,923
94 Buena Vista University 36 5% $46,808
95 University of Houston 36 0% $23,225
96 Auburn University 36 1% $31,590
97 Texas Woman's University 36 1% $20,272
98 Sul Ross State University 36 5% $20,466
99 Concordia University-Irvine 36 2% $51,930
100 Oakland University 35 1% $25,524

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.